Some female undergraduates are gradually turning to prostitution in their bid to meet up with the lifestyle they have carved out for themselves on campus. Ordinarily, the higher institution is a place where the young adult finds herself alone for the first time in his or her life. He or she is forced to take decisions for good or bad and if not properly guided, could make grave mistakes.
So, it appears normal when young adults indulge in segxwal activities, especially if they are left on their own for a long time. In most cases, that will be the first time they are going into this act of free unchecked sex. Some of these young adults get heart broken or otherwise.
A new dimension has howeverbeen added to this trend. It is called ‘sex for cash’ otherwise known as hustling and it is the order of the day in most higher institutions of learning. Although this infamous course does not earn anybody a degree, it’s so popular that many female undergraduates partake in it, not just to make ends meet but to make fortunes out of it.
According to Johnson, a final year student of University of Lagos (Unilag), who said he is a liaison officer in this illicit business. “If you drive to one of the female hostels on campus or off campus in the evenings, you will be surprised at what you will witness. Girls in every shape, colour and size will be parading, looking for any available guy who is loaded with cash and ready to spend. It is not really difficult to identify the student sex hawkers on campus. They give themselves away with their provocative dressing or their near Nood dresses.
They could also be identified by their body language or general mannerisms. Different cars of different sizes drive into these hostels at this time of the evening to catch fun and you will definitely get your groove if you have the money to waste on these girls”.
In Lagos State University, Ojo (Lasu) Saturday Vanguard met Kemi, the owner of one of the restaurants off campus who told us that “sex business among LASU female students is big and it is getting bigger by the day and hermy business is booming also as the girls are busy bringing men to restaurants to spend money on drinks and pepper soup which is in high demand and sometimes I am not able to meet up with their demands” According to her, the business of selling drinks and pepper soup to these girls is bigger and better when the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is on strike.
In University of Benin (Uniben), Gloria, a third year student told us that these girls strut their stuff without a care in the world and they have elevated their trade to an art. They compete, like professionals, to attract the attention of men and if by stroke of luck they are opportuned to travel, they do without a care to long distances to see their aristoes. They definitely have people they pay to write tests, assignments and even examinations for them. They eventually graduate but cannot defend their degrees and sometimes one is forced to wonder if they ever visited the four corners of the University”.
In Enugu, Uche told us that, “these ladies with the help of male and female pimps whose business is to get good deals for mouth- watering percentages sleep with politicians and other highly placed individuals. They are the same ladies you meet in your hotel rooms after the long party you had with your friends downstairs. Some of them are thieves, others are killers and some of them come protected with charms and everything they can lay their hands on. They know like every good business man going for a deal to be prepared, that life is survival of the fittest or smartest”.
Recent reports reveal that these girls are into networking of this trade. They stand in for each other if the other person is busy somewhere with another customer. The friend available takes charge and gives the friend’s customer a delicious treat while apologizing on her friend’s behalf and vice versa. The ones who remain on campus have their photographs placed in albums in hotels and get calls when a prospective client is interested.
Psychologists advice that parents and guardians take care of their wards. They should know that a growing child cannot be bigger than her parents. They should be able to visit these children at school to know when they are in session or when they are not. These children should know that they should be home during holidays or strike period. Parents are advised to find out the kind of life kids are living on campus, where they get the money they lavish on themselves and put a check on them on time. And always remember that a stitch in time saves nine.
Just2sexy
To eat is Human, but to digest DIVINE!!
Posted: at 24-06-2011 09:11 PM (13 years ago) | Hero
dirtykid at 24-06-2011 09:29 PM (13 years ago) (m)
Oh what a short stories to read, but i'd love it more if poster did a summarizing thing to it.
DirtyKid is a Happy Kid !!.....FATHER !! I've cast my bread on the waters long time ago. Now it's time 4u to return it, well buttered !!
Posted: at 24-06-2011 09:29 PM (13 years ago) | Hero
Dan_Fulani at 25-06-2011 09:39 AM (13 years ago) (m)
I read this report twice just to make sure my eyes were not playing tricks on me. If this report is true, then we have problems with higher education in Nigeria. A few questions comes to mind:
First, when do these female coeds have time to study?
Second, how useful is their college education? Or diploma/degrees?
Third, how and what can they contribute to any employer after graduation if most of their time was spent soliciting clients and having sex for money?
Fourth, could this be one of the reasons why some female graduates are unable to find jobs after university studies?
I hasten to add that the report did NOT say all undergraduates engage in these activities. It said some students do take part in prostitution. It however did not give the percentage of coeds that are involved.
dan fulani
Posted: at 25-06-2011 09:39 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Dan_Fulani at 25-06-2011 09:47 AM (13 years ago) (m)
Quote from: xena15 on 25-06-2011 09:22 AM
@poster,na 2day u dey knw?
Isn't it possible that most people outside this trade have no knowledge that this is going on? I certainly did not know that some coeds are engaging in prostitution on campus to finance their expensive lifestyles. It appears that this has been going on for quite sometimes. It is disappointing to note that no one thinks this is a problem.
dan fulani
Posted: at 25-06-2011 09:47 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Dan_Fulani at 25-06-2011 10:02 AM (13 years ago) (m)
Quote from: HOPEA23 on 24-06-2011 11:46 PM
long shit..
I am surprised at this comment and similar ones like it. All referring to the length of the article. In most offices, employees read several memos that are longer than this report everyday. What is long about this article? Most newspapers and magazines reports are of similar length.
On this site, it has become fashionable to criticise any report for being too long. I think anyone who has more than 8 years of formal education can read and understand this article.
dan fulani
Posted: at 25-06-2011 10:02 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Dan_Fulani at 25-06-2011 10:12 AM (13 years ago) (m)
Quote from: julee2 on 25-06-2011 09:44 AM
I all over the campuses.
Thank you Sister Julee2 for acknowledging this female undergraduates pastimes. Tell us more. Why do these young ladies sell their bodies? What is the university doing about it. How does these activities impact their university learning? How much time is devoted to their studies? Their past-time prostitution? How do they make the grades in their courses?
Is their college (university) education just a sham?
Enlighten us.
dan fulani
Posted: at 25-06-2011 10:12 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Isn't it possible that most people outside this trade have no knowledge that this is going on? I certainly did not know that some coeds are engaging in prostitution on campus to finance their expensive lifestyles. It appears that this has been going on for quite sometimes. It is disappointing to note that no one thinks this is a problem.
dan fulani
some do it 4 d fun of it!
Some of em gat millionaire parents!
D devil must b using ur destiny 2 weave his pubic hair if u think imma change all ma colors 4 u!
Posted: at 25-06-2011 10:19 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
just2sexy at 25-06-2011 10:24 AM (13 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Dan_Fulani on 25-06-2011 10:02 AM
Quote from: HOPEA23 on 24-06-2011 11:46 PM
long shit..
I am surprised at this comment and similar ones like it. All referring to the length of the article. In most offices, employees read several memos that are longer than this report everyday. What is long about this article? Most newspapers and magazines reports are of similar length.
On this site, it has become fashionable to criticise any report for being too long. I think anyone who has more than 8 years of formal education can read and understand this article.
dan fulani
God bless u bro
To eat is Human, but to digest DIVINE!!
Posted: at 25-06-2011 10:24 AM (13 years ago) | Hero
Dan_Fulani at 25-06-2011 10:27 AM (13 years ago) (m)
Quote from: harold634 on 25-06-2011 09:56 AM
Female undergraduates prostitution started early from 1990, although, it was not as rampant as it is now.
Oh my!. For that long? I had been gone from Naija even longer than that and never attended any college (University) back home. This is my first knowledge of this as truely taking place on nigerian compuses.
Yes , I did see the movie " Blackberry Babes" , depicting some female undergraguates behaviors on campus. One could conclude that the movie director was just poking fun at university coeds. It appear from this report that the movie is telling the real stories on university campus.
dan fulani
Posted: at 25-06-2011 10:27 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Dan_Fulani at 25-06-2011 10:56 AM (13 years ago) (m)
THANK YOU to just2sexy and Xena15 for wanting to engage in this "difficult" and uncomfortable discussion. This subject is truly uncomfortable for most people especially young ladies. But we must talk about it because it affects us all.
Our young educated ladies should not be part-time prostitutes, sleeping with older men who are looting our treasury. Most of that money these old men spend on "University Prostitutes" are stolen. These young women should have been given these funds as scholarships if they have financial needs. Sleeping around with older, married, and crooked-politicians cheapens the lives of these young and educated women. This whole activity makes me very sad. Sad for the women, for their parents and for our country as a whole.
dan fulani
Posted: at 25-06-2011 10:56 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac